Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1764
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Literature
- Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality (through 1770)
- Churchill, The Candidate
- E. Evans, Specimens of the Ancient Welsh Bards
- Edward Gibbon travels to Italy, where he first conceives The Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, with several lines by Samuel
Johnson
- Grainger, Sugar-Cane
- Samuel Johnson founds The Club
- Ridley, Tales of the Genii
- Laurence Sterne returns to England
- Voltaire, Dictionnaire philosophique
Theatre
- Samuel Foote, The Patron
- Charles Macklin, The True-born Scotsman
- George Murphy, What We Must All Come To
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Black measures latent heat
- James Hargreaves invents the spinnying-jenny
Politics & Law
- John Wilkes is arrested over his contribution to The North
Briton; he is released by Chief Justice Pratt, but expelled
from Commons
- Oliver Goldsmith, The History of England, in a Series of
Letters
- Britain passes the Sugar Act, causing widespread discontent
in the American colonies, especially Rhode Island
Philosophy & Theology
- Suppression of Jesuits in France
- Reid, Enquiry into the Human Mind
Milestones
- Death of Churchill
- Death of Robert Dodsley
- Death of William Hogarth
- Death of Robert Lloyd
- Birth of Ann Radcliffe
Miscellaneous
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